I’m Steven Livingston, most often known as Steve 🙂 

I was born close to the airport in a town called Harbor View, Jamaica. Lived with my parents and big bro now called Uncle Kiwa by my 4 year old daughter. 

I moved to Kingston Jamaica at the age of 8 and moved only once after that for the rest of my Jamaican life. I attended Ardenne High where I was convinced I wasn’t going to graduate. I hated school and of a class of about 40 I was …number 40 on the academics list. What I later discovered, I didn’t hate school… I hated the areas I was forced to concentrate in by Ardenne (Sciences).

Fast forward – Went to a college called Institute of Management in Jamaica studying business. Matriculated to Nova while working at JMMB as a teller. I fell in love with finance and stuck with it for the early part of my life. I quickly climbed through the org eventually becoming a fixed income trader, liquidity manager. That’s when it hit me. I realized that I needed to learn how the money I invested was generated and how business worked. So I did what anyone would…Quit my job as a trader at 22 years old and started my own distribution company to earn 25% of what I would normally. Best decision EVER!

2^nd year in business, realized I was learning at my expense. Lots more to learn. Later went on to work with Diageo, Western Union, Colgate and Walmart with a fast progression powered by the hands-on operating experience I gained from running my own business. I’ve also started another business since with my beloved wife Takia (better known as Shar) in the Kitchen Remodeling space within Northern New Jersey. 

Today, I view myself as entrepreneur first which has empowered me to also drive growth for larger corporations. Over the past decade, I’ve led growth strategies across ecommerce, retail and omni for Fortune 100 companies such as Colgate, Diageo, Walmart and eBay. I’ve also lead massive transformations including pivoting a loss leading entity (over $15MUSD loss) to profit (+$8M profit) within 15 months. I’ve developed guiding principles I live and stand by which has enabled me to be both the coach and player I am today, and allows me to replicate success accross several businesses and verticals.